By Dani Rodrik

The most widely held theory of politics is also the simplest: the powerful get what they want. Financial regulation is driven by the interests of banks, health policy by the interests of insurance companies, and tax policy by the interests of the rich. Add a comment

By Aida Solomon

Just last month, a video of Ethiopian housemaid Alem Dechasa being dragged into a car in front of the Ethiopian Consulate in Lebanon went viral, prompting an international uproar. Add a comment

By P.A

This is it!!! I have had it. This is a culmination of so many incidents that have caused me to throw in the towel and accept my country, my people and my government for the failure that they are. Maybe not a complete failure, but they have failed where it counts, respect for our own, respect for the citizens. Complete and utter failure in providing the basic services that a national of a country requires. Add a comment

By Tilahun Tassew

The multiple characterization of the war

Neo-fascists and some historians characterize the Second Ethio-Italian war as a short-lived colonial war. This definition was based on the intent of the Italian Fascist leader rather than the outcome of the war. Mussolini wished that the defeat of Ethiopia would open up a colonial settlement that will solve the dire economic situation Italy was facing at the time. Add a comment

Alem Dechasa left Ethiopia in January to work as a maid in Lebanon, where she apparently killed herself. Her journey started in Burayu, a poor settlement outside Addis Ababa, reports Clar Ni Chonghaile from Burayu. Add a comment

Your organization has published in The Reporter Vol XVI No 816 April 28, 2012 under the headline entitled “Adika to become Volkswagen dealer” and “Adika has bought Seferian, the company that was the sole dealer of Volkswagen and Skoda in Ethiopia for the last 50 years” Add a comment

As thousands cower in caves, the Enough Project petitions an African commission to stop Sudan from bombing civilians in the Nuba Mountains, write John C.
Bradshaw and Mark H. Tuohey

Thousands of innocent civilians are living in caves in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, hiding from government bombs and on the brink of starvation. Hundreds of thousands are stranded in refugee camps in South Sudan or Ethiopia. Add a comment

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT), tourist flow to Ethiopia has been significantly increasing over the last three years, with the first six months of the current fiscal year witnessing a major increase both in income and in the number of tourists visiting the country. Add a comment